History TearJerker / FireEmblemThreeHouses

* Dimitri finding out from Cornelia that his own stepmother was primarily responsible for the massacre at Druscar. He now has to live with the knowledge that the only mother he had never known never truly loved him.

** The circumstances of his sacrifice are also tragic and highlight how horrible the effects of war can be. While celebrating a victory over Adrestia, Dimitri is suddenly attacked by a girl who turns out to be the sister of a rebel you and Dimitri killed in an earlier chapter. Rodrique takes the dagger in Dimitri's place, giving Byleth enough time to strike the would-be assassin down. As she dies, she tearfully begs for her brother to save her.

** The circumstances of his sacrifice are also tragic and highlight how horrible the effects of war can be. While celebrating a victory over Adrestia, Dimitri is suddenly attacked by a girl who turns out to be the sister of a rebel you and Dimitri killed in an earlier chapter. Rodrique takes the dagger in Dimitri's place, giving Byleth enough time to strike the would-be assassin down. As she dies, she tearfully begs her brother to save her.

** Worse, in the aftermath, he just ''[[CynicismCatalyst breaks]].'' When we see him after the timeskip, the KnightInShiningArmor he used to be is ''gone,'' replaced by a ruthless, somewhat AxCrazy BarbarianHero who ''[[WeUsedToBeFriends loathes]]'' Edelgard; there's still [[KnightInSourArmor some good left in him]], but no matter what happens, he will ''never'' stop hating her and everything she stands for. He starts to relent in the Blue Lions' route after he realizes Edelgard never wanted the Tragedy of Duscur to happen, seeing just how corrupt the Church of Seiros is and realizing Seiros herself is the BigBad, even offering to [[LastSecondChance spare Edelgard]] in the end - only for her paranoia and savior complex to get the better of her and she tries an ISurrenderSuckers feint, causing her death and cementing his hatred of his former friend.

* After defeating Edelgard in the final battle, she returns to her human form, defeated and on her knees. Dimitri offers his hand to her in a silent attempt at a truce, all while simply calling her "El". She quietly looks up and it seems she may accept... only for her to reach for a dagger. Immediately, Dimitri fatally impales her with his spear and she drops dead. As Byleth and Dimitri leave, Dimitri looks back at Edelgard's corpse and is about to go back to her before Byleth grabs his hand.

* Lysithea's backstory. ''Holy shit.'' Just like Edelgard and her siblings, Lysithea and many other children in House Ordelia were taken for crest experimentation by Those Who Slither In The Dark, and she mentions that her parents were ForcedToWatch as they did all sorts of horrible things with the children's blood and seeing how they all died. Lysithea was the SoleSurvivor of this incident, having a second Crest successfully implanted into her, but at the cost of ''severely'' shortening her lifespan. As a result, she doesn't have long to live, and unless supports with certain characters are achieved to save her life, she will die at the end of the game. And did we mention she's only '''''15 years old?!'''''

** What makes it worse is how subdue it is. Jeralt doesn't get a dramatic death like other ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' parents and parental figures get. No valiantly throwing himself off a cliff like [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Emmeryn]]. No sacrifice like [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Mikoto, Xander or Ryoma]]. Not even a battle to the death and promises for a better future like [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Rudolf or Berkut]]. The [[WorldsStrongestMan strongest Knight of Seiros]] is taken down by a cheap shot, shares a few last words with Byleth, then quietly passes away.

** Worse, in the aftermath, he just ''[[CynicismCatalyst breaks]].'' When we see him after the timeskip, the KnightInShiningArmor he used to be is ''gone,'' replaced by a ruthless, somewhat AxCrazy BarbarianHero who ''[[WeUsedToBeFriends loathes]]'' Edelgard; there's still [[KnightInSourArmor some good left in him]], but no matter what happens, he will ''never'' stop hating her and everything she stands for. He starts to relent in the Blue Lions' route after seeing just how corrupt the Church of Seiros is and realizing Seiros herself is the BigBad, even offering to [[LastSecondChance spare Edelgard]] in the end - only for her paranoia and savior complex to get the better of her and she tries an ISurrenderSuckers feint, causing her death and cementing his hatred of his former friend.

* The simple, sobering fact that for the first time in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' franchise, the main conflict is ''entirely'' man-made. There's no grand villain pulling the strings, no dark dragon or god orchestrating the conflict, and while there ''is'' an evil cult, they're ultimately ''secondary antagonists''. The entire war, all the death, all the suffering--it is entirely because of one woman's obsession with avenging her mother's death and bringing her back to life, and another woman's determination to end the oppressive status quo the first woman has established over the world no matter what the cost may be. HumansAreTheRealMonsters indeed.

** Worse, in the aftermath, he just ''[[CynicismCatalyst breaks]].'' When we see him after the timeskip, the KnightInShiningArmor he used to be is ''gone,'' replaced by a ruthless, somewhat AxCrazy BarbarianHero who ''[[WeUsedToBeFriends loathes]]'' Edelgard; there's still [[KnightInSourArmor some good left in him]], but no matter what happens, he will ''never'' stop hating her and everything she stands for. He starts to relent in the Blue Lions' route after seeing just how corrupt the Church of Seiros is and realizing Seiros herself is the BigBad, even offering to [[LastSecondChance spare Edelgard]] in the end - only for her paranoia and ItsAllUpToYou complex to get the better of her and she tries an ISurrenderSuckers feint, causing her death and cementing his hatred of his former friend.

** What makes it worse is how subdue it is. Jeralt doesn't get a dramatic death like other ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' parents and parental figures get. He doesn't even get to meet it on the battle field. He dies from a cheap shot, shares a few words with Byleth, then quietly passes away.

---> '''Dimitri:''' Is this some kind of twisted ''joke?''
* Just the solid fact that '''there is no GoldenEnding'''. No matter which route you choose, '''''[[SomeoneHasToDie one of the main lords will die]]'''''. Edelgard gets it the worst, as she dies in all the other routes and is capable of dying ''in her own route'' if certain requirements are not met.
* The simple, sobering fact that for the first time in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' franchise, the main conflict is ''entirely'' man-made. There's no grand villain pulling the strings, no dark dragon or god orchestrating the conflict, and while there ''is'' an evil cult, they're ultimately ''secondary antagonists''. The entire war, all the death, all the suffering, is entirely because of one woman's obsession with avenging her mother's death and bringing her back to life, and another woman's determination to end the oppressive status quo the first woman has established over the world no matter what the cost may be. HumansAreTheRealMonsters indeed.

* Just the solid fact that '''there is no GoldenEnding'''. No matter which route you choose, '''''[[SomeoneHasToDie one of the main lords will die]]'''''.

* The simple, sobering fact that for the first time in the ''FireEmblem'' franchise, the main conflict is ''entirely'' man-made. There's no grand villain pulling the strings, no dark dragon or god orchestrating the conflict, and while there ''is'' an evil cult, they're ultimately ''secondary antagonists''. The entire war, all the death, all the suffering, is entirely because of one woman's obsession with avenging her mother's death and bringing her back to life, and another woman's determination to end the oppressive status quo the first woman has established over the world no matter what the cost may be. HumansAreTheRealMonsters indeed.

* Just the solid fact that '''there is no GoldenEnding'''. No matter which route you choose, '''one of the main lords will die'''.

* Jeralt's death. He's stabbed in the back by a seemingly nice young lady (really, a Kronya in disguise) who berates him for being a foolish old man who dared to get in the way of her plans. Byleth's HopeSpot of using Divine Pulse to save their father is fruitless when an invisible Thales blocks Byleth's defense. As Jeralt dies being held by Byleth, Byleth cries over him, with Jeralt noting that this is the first time Byleth has ever cried and he's touched that he's who his child's first tears are for before passing away. Cue GreyRainOfDepression as Byleth continues to mourn over their father's corpse.

* After defeating Edelgard, she asks Byleth to kill her so she can die an honorable death. Though initially reluctant, Byleth goes through with it and the camera cuts to black as they strike Edelgard down with their sword.